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• Abe ONDERDELINDEN, Rozenburg († 1985)
• Geert Roelof Abel Hermannus Borghuis, Veendam († 1983)
• Antoon Attevelt, Utrecht († 2008)
• Glenn Ouwejan, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1968)
• Elke Weltmann († 2009)
• Jolanda Bergmans, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)
• Linda Lucienne Gerards († 2014)
• Johannes Embertus Catharina (Jeroen) Peeters, Deurne
• Timothy Lee Ritchey († 1968)
• Geert Roelof Abel Borghuis, Veendam, gr.nld († 1983)

• Adriana Diepstraten (77), Vught, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Adriana OVERWEEL (63), Middelharnis
• Adrianus Josephus Foolen (74), Sint-Oedenrode
• Aaltje Uiterwijk Winkel (84), Hoogeveen
• Anna Maria Antonia Martens (76), Gendringen
• Anna Sofia Kralsdotter (92)
• Anna Maria van den Hoogen (85), Milsbeek, Limburg, The Netherlands
• Anna Geertruida Blaauw (47), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alex Juliaan Frans Aendenboom (78), Antwerpen
• Aaltje Uiterwijk_Winkel (84), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1966 » Hristo Stoichkov, Bulgarian footballer and manager
• 1966 » Kirk Muller, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1968 » Gary Coleman, American actor († 2010)
• 1969 » Mary McCormack, American actress and producer
• 1969 » Mary Robinette Kowal, American puppeteer and author
• 1969 » Pauly Fuemana, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2010)
• 1970 » Alonzo Mourning, American basketball player and executive
• 1970 » John Filan, Australian footballer and coach
• 1970 » Stephanie Courtney, American actress and comedian
• 1971 » Aidy Boothroyd, English footballer and manager

• 1957 » Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1959 » William J. Donovan, American head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Giles Gilbert Scott, English architect and engineer, designed the Red telephone box and Liverpool Cathedral (b. 1880)
• 1960 » J. L. Austin, English philosopher and academic (b. 1911)
• 1963 » George Dolenz, Italian-American actor (b. 1908)
• 1964 » Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist and author (b. 1888)
• 1968 » Maurice Maillot, French actor (b. 1906)
• 1972 » Markos Vamvakaris, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (b. 1905)
• 1975 » Robert Robinson, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)
• 1977 » Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and theorist (b. 1901)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Robert
4. Peter
5. Johan
6. Hendrik
7. Richard
8. Michael
9. Marcel
10. Willem
11. Cornelis
12. Mark
13. Patrick
14. John
15. Eric
16. Ronald

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Monique
4. Ingrid
5. Sandra
6. Petra
7. Anna
8. Esther
9. Elisabeth
10. Yvonne
11. Jolanda
12. Karin
13. Jacqueline
14. Cornelia
15. Linda
16. Sylvia

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
• April 11 » Assassination attempt on Rudi Dutschke, leader of the German student movement.
• October 26 » Soviet cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoy pilots Soyuz 3 into space for a four-day mission.
• October 31 » Vietnam War October surprise: Citing progress with the Paris peace talks, US President Lyndon B. Johnson announces to the nation that he has ordered a complete cessation of "all air, naval, and artillery bombardment of North Vietnam" effective November 1.
• November 17 » Viewers of the Raiders–Jets football game in the eastern United States are denied the opportunity to watch its exciting finish when NBC broadcasts Heidi instead, prompting changes to sports broadcasting in the U.S.
• December 16 » Second Vatican Council: Official revocation of the Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain.
• December 31 » The first flight of the Tupolev Tu-144, the first civilian supersonic transport in the world.

The temperature on February 8, 1968 was between -0.2 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.